Raymond John Leppard CBE (11 August 1927 – 22 October 2019) was a British-American conductor, harpsichordist, composer and editor.
While musicologists considered his editions controversial, his performances were important for introducing early operatic masterpieces to the general public.
[3] He subsequently edited Monteverdi's other surviving stage works, L'Orfeo and Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria, as well as operas by Francesco Cavalli and Jean-Philippe Rameau.
[2] His other film work included composing the score to Alfred the Great (1969), and arranging the music for Laughter in the Dark (1969) and The Hotel New Hampshire (1984).
In November 1969, he made his American debut conducting the Westminster Choir and the New York Philharmonic,[3] at which occasion he also appeared as soloist in Joseph Haydn's Harpsichord Concerto in D major.
[3] In September 1986 Raymond Leppard conducted the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Singers and Chorus at the Last Night of the Proms in the Royal Albert Hall, London.